MONOCOTS VERSUS DICOTS, MEANS OF POLLINATION
RVSD 6 Apr 09, 5Apr10, 2Apr12. Campbell’s 9th : 738-761
Summary table 631
page 631 in Campbell's 9th
MONOCOTS
DICOTS:
Seed Structure 808
example:
corn
bean
seed leaves (cotyledons)
one
two
Seed Germination 809
vascular tissue distribution (750) complex distribution
Detail for monocot 801 leaf structure
Stem structure
arranged in ring
veins usually parallel veins reticular
root structure
fibrous or diffuse
tap root
flower parts
multiples of three
parts in 4s or 5s
Pollination: 804-806.
wind
no color, no odor, but MUCH pollen
ragweed
bee
yellow petals, never red, nectary guide, often UV markings
mints, dandelion
butterfly
sweet smell, tubular corolla
thistle,
flies
smell of rotting flesh
carrion weed
beetles
inferior ovaries, not damaged by chewing
Rose
moths
white flowers which open at dusk, very fragrant
white campion, 4 o’clocks
bats
copious amount of nectar, night blooming, smell fruit-like
or fermenting
Phlox (?)
Hummingbirds
red, tubular corolla, high sugar, little odor
Trumpet Vine
(Some information from Ward’s Bulletin, Summer 1986)